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If you shape a whole building or skyscraper using the same principle... probably that could generate a lot of power?!

Been here since your first video. I'm so glad to see how much this channel has grown and the continual quality content. Cheers!

I remember an episode of a show called "That's Incredible" where a Japanese building had its 11th floor emptied and it's glass removed to stop 60 MPH gusts of wind at its base. I have since then wondered about using wind shear to power turbines.

I would be super interested in this type of company setting up on beaches. Most beaches have some sort of structures on them. Where I live, NYC, the beaches have large, raised toilet blocks at regular intervals. There tends to be constant wind at those sites as well. Would be interesting to see how this tech works in such an environment.

I keep getting ads for the "Harmony" wind turbine which looks interesting as it can fold in on itself to protect itself from very high speed winds but still generate some power tucked in and expands its sails in low speed winds to grab more air. Doesn't seem to produce more than about 400watts for one unit but it's a nice concept.

My solar is quite good for 3/4 of the year. There is lots of wind in winter and shoulder seasons and it would be nice to have a supplement especially as our electrical needs will go up with the eventual installation of a heat pump, replacing natural gas. Not much makes sense yet at small scale. Hoping for a breakthrough that will change that.

I am glad he pointed out the most important factor in wind power -- the wind speed at the site of installation. Unless you live in a very windy area, forget about wind power by any means.

I would like to see smaller versions of the same thing, so that by being less burden on the roof, and being able to spread their weight and directional orientation, flexibility would be gained. Production costs might increase, but so would volume of sales and use. They might also be utilised for ventilation.

Thank you for a clear description and analysis.

This is off of the top of my head at the end of watching this, so I have not considered engineering loads, etc. This may be a useful application mounting this horizontally on High Rise buildings in cities to take advantage of the updraft created by solar heating of the glass and building. In combination with newer solar window films, some city buildings may be able to become self powered or even have a surplus depending on conditions and all of the engineering I have neglected to this point.

I've seen this design doing the rounds for while now and whilst I used to get excited by new wind turbines whether vertical or horizontal or 'bladeless' like this, it becomes clear that wind is a tricky thing to deal with - solar on the other hand is more accessible in that you know what you're getting provided there's no shading or obstructions - the amount of radiation may change from day to day and location but it's tried, tested and "solid state" so no maintenance - I often think new products are introduced to market on the basis that the company will have ongoing income through maintenance contracts - sounds cynical but every "small" turbine I've seen on the market that then appears in real life ends up shelved after some years nowhere to be seen again apart from the odd early adopters...

It would still be great to have supplemental source of, let's say, 2kW of wind to roof-top solar. Just the fact that it can produce some energy in the night, when you normally only use grid or battery, would be great. But having rotating turbine on the roof is a problem... So even with 4.2m/s winds inside the city, the aesthetics of the thing would still overrule the efficiency, I guess.

There is one particular problem about putting it on top of buildings, if you put this on top of a house often times it's going to act like a sail and capture some of the wind giving it a little push. the problem could come about if the roof of the house is not reinforced to take this extra pressure, it could cause it to slowly over time degrade the structure of the roof or cause a failure bringing the roof down either on the building or pushed to the side

smaller versions of these would be amazing to run in addition to my solar system, hope to see it in the future

I'd think the maximum survivable wind would be more of an issue than the loss of efficency when the wind is blowing the "wrong" way. A hurricane often blows from a different direction to the prevailing wind and there would be a LOT of oscilating sideways force on those aerofoils once the AoA is such that the wing is stalled. If I was making them I'd think about easily replaceable blowout panels to deal with that.

Served 18 months in Iceland at Naval Air Station Keflavik. An interesting field test of the Aeromine would be on the island as solar panels aren’t viable at high latitudes. If the unit survives the gales and weather in Iceland, it will survive anywhere. Faroe Islands or Jan Mayen island maybe a better test site as sites don’t have access to other renewal energy like hydroelectric or geothermal power. Another benefit of this system is that it doesn’t have as much of a visual impact on the landscape as giant wind turbines. PS - Wind blows morning, noon and night at Keflavik, Iceland PS2- good video but you should cut the excursion into green steel

2:50 the long winded shpeal on steel was an unecessary detour from the issue that really matters, which is the design of the windmill per se. If you keep these postings as concise as possible, they drive the point through more efficiently.

Small wind turbines just don't make sense... Sad but true.

I saw a scientific publication indicating that there are still eddy currents of wind within the system that need to be studied to improve the Aeromine design. I would be interested in trying it when that happens because my house, on the shores of Lake Huron, stands three stories tall on a 40 foot bluff. I have built two platforms for windtowers, but just need to select them and try them out when the technology is mature.

Whoa very informative, always wondered about these 👍

It would need to be steerable over on the east coast as our wind directions tend to be either SW or NE 180deg apart.

sounds like a theranos start up

Interesting... Good to try out in my place.

Thanks for the video. Interesting. No bird shedding. No throwing kilo ice blocks. I like it You'd think they could have rotate for best wind direction.

Nice video, thanks :)

Well done!

Really interesting and a great balanced assessment. It seems clear massive turbines work in open windswept places, but we should remain open to research into other micro level applications that might integrate with infrastructure and land in use. As a real estate agent might say, it's about location, location, location. Perhaps on the roof edge of the right apartment or industrial building, or who knows even on a cargo ship, these could offer better energy density, low cost power at point of use when the sun doesn't shine. I can see these working alongside highways with the right prevailing winds, potentially integrated with lighting posts. In Australia where I am they might even produce power for EV charging stations and communities in remote off-grid locations. We even have an EV charging station on a remote highway that runs off used fryer oil from the roadhouse!

Thanks very much . Very much. From Shiraz. Iran.

Great video! How does this turbine compare to leading competitors in the micro-turbine market, in terms of efficiency and market acceptance?

Insane is the correct assessment.

Windy West Texas is perfect for something like this.

Super informative and a cool technology!

*How does this video not have more views???* *How does this channel not have more subscribers???*

Good analysis. In most cases it would be better to build big wind farms with big efficient wind turbines than small scattered inefficient turbines on individual roofs.

Tijeras Canyon east of Albuquerque would be the Ideal place to use these guys. There were fairly reliable daily winds that would be channeled east through the canyons. Especially during the winter and spring seasons.

I have a wind turbine from MO wind and solar just a 12 volt 1500 watt and it helped keep the battery power up at night.

Mega interesting vid, thanks a lot for sharing!!!

Good job

The one shown on the roof seems to work a little different, with the rounded divider between the airfoils and the turbine visible beneath. The divider may cause an extra low pressure behind it, sucking up air from the bottom, making the turbine spin.

Good job keep it up

Nice innovation wind turbines.

thanks so much for useful video, very nice system we can use also in country side in Turkey.

Isolated houses in steppes or coast, or isolated high buildings (when there is a good ammount of wind from ONLY 1 predominant direction, that is, the tropic falling wind of the equatorial climatic cell did not move north and south of the location with the seassons)

Soooo, why is it not automatically redirected based upon wind direction? I also believe that a series of circular cowlings would have higher efficiency per square inch than a two sided airfoil.

Hi Thank you for the elaborated video, do you have any idea of how the Aeromine is going to be connected to the home where utility is already available. I've searched on the net but I could not find any. Thanks!

Awesome video!

Should also look at the Halcium Power Pod which is a similar idea but has no issue with different wind directions. Not yet on the market however.

Very informative...

A worthy and clever Idea using Bernoulli effect . Needs some development . A weathervane controlling a Rotary Baseplate would fix the Directionality issue .

Depends where you are, in australia solar is going very, very well for a lot cheaper than any alternative. The only thing we need here to get to 100% renewables is lots of LiFePo4 battery storage.

I think they are on to a winner here, with a few updates you can see this being very useful. What they need to do is miniaturise it and sell it as garden kits so it can be played with by people who like to experiment. But I have seen something similar years ago on a TV program but they did not use the wind for generating power. The fact that it is ancient tech means it will work it just needs adapting in the right way. If they made a miniature kit it would make it possible to explore ideas, until they do this it will be out of the reach of most people unless they make their own version.

To me, I think what is important is having a cheap way of installing renewables, whether that be solar or wind and low price for buying of that, for personal use. Consumers are much more likely to push this renewable revolution over governments if the cost of installing and the price point of buying is cheap enough to do, whereas governments keep dragging their feet with the fossil industry lobbying them to slow down the adoption, consumers don't have that issue because they will do what's in their interest to lower cost. This is why for me, having a low-cost installation could do wonders for the industry, at the moment, it's too expensive and complicated which puts a lot of us off, even thought the cost of solar isn't that expensive now and is getting cheaper, the installation cost and complexity is a mess for most, sort those problems out and the adoption rate would likely skyrocket and consumers are much harder for the fossil industry to lobby against. The icing on the cake will come about with improvements to battery tech so we can store weeks or even months of energy per household. As for this wind tech, even if it doesn't generate as much energy as they say, does it really matter if it can be done cheap enough for consumers to use? Mixing things up with solar and wind could be quite useful for many, especially as solar doesn't generate energy at night where wind can. Still, we need more information on this tech in real world use cases but it does look like the tech shows promise and could be made better to take advantage of wind from all directions.

These devices look very promising, but mainly if consitions are met: on big office buildings, and warehouses. There are plenty of these around! Also, they can be comnied with solar panels. I also wonder if a rotation mechanism would make them much more expensive? And are they more efficient when scaled up like traditional wind turbines?

Sounds like a good idea. How have the accommodated for vibration and noise?

the bit about the straw sucking up the fluid. you don't suck anything up. you create a vacuum in you mouth and atmospheric pressure on the surface of your drink forces the fluid up the straw.

Great content. What about maintenance costs due to sand/dust sucked into turbines? Weigh that in, and cost efficiency compared to PV will even drop further

your videos are very good! even the sponsor is interesting xD

Does anybody know what is the source of the cost comparison graph presented at minute 7:20?

it makes sense on a boat, might be cool to have a few of these on a sailboat

To fix the wind direction issue it could be equipped with a rotation mechanism and some sort of wind sensor. The rotation motor needn't be fast or powerful, so no significant amount of energy will be diverted.

I favour residential wind generation. My case is on the basis for available materials and reduced reliance on complex production chains. There's a lot of very good resources arguing that both material and also production capacity used to create PV panels is very limited for the forecast demand. Even simple things like glass fabrication is limited. I think local materials can be maximised especially if using recycled plastics ensuring minimal waste post life.

Do you think this can decrease electric car prices and battery need if we brought back radiator openings on the grill and we install one there that could charge the car as it drives?

In connection with steel manufacture, you should also look at the Australian developed Hazer process which converts methane into hydrogen and graphite, with no CO2 emissions

great successful research coming to the actual truth...-thanks

They should implement this concept to a vehicles. While the car is moving, turbines generates energy from the movement.

Might be incredibly powerful energy production in Australia, where you could literally have that (strong consistent winds in some regions) and solar on houses and let houses feed the grid...

I contacted aeromine a few weeks ago with a query on pricing , availability etc, but have received no feedback. i have a 12 kW solar system but would love a small wind system to supplement on dull days

I didn't know that this was a thing, It's genius.

Wind is a good backup, but the wind doesn't blow for days on end. Solar works quite well even in light overcast conditions when it is set up correctly.

As I've stated elsewhere they need to be scaled down so as not to be an eyesore in an urban landscape and possibly attract the ire of the local council who could ban them. Perhaps they could also rotate on a near friction free base ie redirect some of the airflow so as to create a hovercraft effect so it can catch the wind & rotate at all angles optimising the wind flow at all times. If the wind dies down it could still have a low friction ball bearing base on which to rotate.

This could be applicable to street lights and large highway sign supports. Manufacture the supports using this principle along roadways and highways the captured energy can be directed back into the grid. Instead of trying to utilize a small number of large generators, utilize a large number of small generators.

Hello just add a fan!!! Walmart sells leaf blowers for $40! Solar power just add lights! High beam car headlights run off of 12 volts! Jeep flood lights run off of 12 volts! For hydro power just pump the water back into the lake!!! Then you can turn the power up all the way for the maximum power possible just pump the water back into the lake!

The most important thing is that we keep focusing on refining technologies that make people energy independent. We also need to start thinking in terms of multiple source generation. There are a good many ways of generating energy, as nearly everything we do, and nature does releases electricity that goes unharvested due to its small amount, but when many small sources are used, the need for storage is negated by a slow steady flow from all around at all times.

Might be a terrific resource on top of tall buildings. Cities do 'though often produce a heat dome that shelters them.

I like the ridge blade at the moment. Can u do review on it. ? ✌

There are a lot of people living on narrowboats in the UK and getting enough electricity through solar has always been a problem. If these units could be added to the roof of the boat but be capable of easily folding down then it might be a application for them to follow, The traditional reason for not using conventional wind turbines is the noise and vibration that they generate. If these were reasonably quiet, could fold down reasonably low when moving and could generate 1KW then there might be a market for them. Obviously price is also a factor :)

Excellent unbiased reporting of this company and it technology. I came across SSAB on another video. Both companies are worth investing some spare change in if one likes to gamble in the "Wall Street Casino". The odds are better here than in the Las Vegas casinos.

I think it is a privilege that you can control the air in through the pipe to the turbine where By allocating the turbine in a reduced size pipe we can increase the pressure and turbine can increase the power output, not sure if I’m correct !

This is fenomenal...but what have you something good for no-high factory sheds?

Great video! So many people get excited about rooftop wind power, but completely overlook terrain effects (turbulence intensity profile). This design is interesting, but with a fast RPM turbine, vibration effects over time would be a concern too. Still, this design is probably the best attempt I've seen so far!

Great video sir The place where i live, usually wind blows for Max about 3 months n it is a costal area. Remaining period not much wind but in the afternoon after 2pm a small breeze of air there that's all So is it a viable option to keep such type of windmill here n a viable cost option sir. If so what will b the breakthrough period on getting back the capital.amount on windmill set up sir. Please reply Thanks n regards

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It's a reverse Dyson, genius idea.

The main thing is it quiet if used in residential

Can’t say I love the idea of a massive thing like that on the roof of my house. Maybe 1/3 of the size and combined with solar. It would have to be silent though. Otherwise I’d be better off buying a few extra solar panels and batteries.

2:48 "reduces the steel needed for construction" So what are they using? im guessing 110% recyclable fibre glass then

Solar's Achilles Heel is clouds, which often are accompanied by windiness. Providing power when solar cannot, like at night, makes it complementary. But only if a turbine can deal with non-laminar flow...

Можно и нужно дополнить эту конструкцию двумя деталями. Поворотной платформой, и хвостом по оси потока (как у флюгера). Тогда эффективность будет максимальной. Идея на счёт зданий интересна, но имеет много сложностей. Начиная то расчета положения, и заканчивая материалами. А так же прочность самого здания, особенно в экстремальных условиях (ураган). Плюс то что возле этого здания будет невозможно находиться (постоянный поток воздуха (проще говоря ветер, возможно сильный) и наверняка звук).

It should be add that at each 90° turns the air pressure is halved, that's why is way less efficient than horizontal wind turbine, so I don't see this system passing 30% of efficiency. If regular horizontal turbine can be installed in that area that's always the better solution at the moment, as it looks like both will require rughly the same installing area. Comparing them to solar panel it should be done over 25 years of operation, as this is the average granted life of them, also the maintenance cost of solar panel are pretty low, basically you have just to clean them. Considering also the approximation of less than 1% reduction of production per year. In turbine you have ball bearings that need to be serviced from time to time, stopping energy production for that time. Blades could be affected by stress fatigue so needs to be checked on regular basis and in case of stronger winds. Front cost could be less than solar but the overhall cost could be on pair or higher due to the added complexity

Pigs will have grown wings and learned to fly before SSAB produce any fossil free steel. The two plants (pellet plant and steel plant) will together use 80TWh every year. That's more then the entire country of Finland, or enough power to electrify every car and truck in Sweden, seven times over, or 70-80 nuclear reactors.

The problem with rotating machinery at home is noise and vibration. Think of our washer or drier or whole house fan or air handler.

It isn’t abvious the way how it works? Can you explain the lines of air and what are the matters that respond to air stream? Is it by friction of air? Or by the spinner fan under the device as shown in the video?

Hi, how can i view the live stream? should i just log on your youtube panel?

I wish to know whenever it will be up for sale

Set up two or three of them so that when the wind changes you have power for your building no matter which way the wind blows... Plus a person could still combine this with other technologies so you could have one of these and some solar panels or maybe wind trees or I don't know other backups for when this one isn't working optimally to meet the needs at any given time. I think we need to start thinking it of sources of energy rather than being the soul energy source at any given time always be willing to use combination of things... I feel like looking for one solution to fix everything is kind of keeping us stuck in gas coil and oil and that's a huge problem and we're running out of time

One glaring omission in this video: actual power numbers, especially compared to size of the unit, and to average wind speed needed to make the unit practical for a given site..

Greetings from LooseNatural farm in Andalusia.

I wonder if there is a maximum wind speed that it withstands and also if it works with wind gusts as well as constant wind. Greetings from Patagonia!

What about installing those in the median of highways. Lots if wind there